Combined sky-rocket and aeroplane.



W. S. MINERS.

COMBINED SKY ROCKET AND AEROPLANE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-10, I917. 1,280,803; Patented Oct. s, 1918.

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WILLIAM SEYMO UR MILIERS, 013 FORT WILLIAM, ONTARIO, CANADA.

CGMBINED SKY-ROCKET AND AEROPLAR'E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 10, 1917. Serial No. 190,662.

Sky-Rockets and Aeroplanes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combined sky-rockets and aeroplanes, and the objects of the invention are to facilitate transmitting to the same the desired forceto give the propelling power so that the device will rise and travel through the air in a graceful curve or path, emitting at' predetermined distances stars or other fireballs commonly associated with rockets.

Further objects are to permit of the planes being illuminated during flight, to lessen the resistance on the body of wind pressure, to facilitate assembling the several parts and generally to adapt the same to better per-.

form the functions required of them.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists essentially of the improved construction particularly described and set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings forming part of the same. I

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is'a plan view of the improved sky-rocket and aeroplane.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. I

Fig. 3 .is a side elevation of an alternative form of the invention.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures. I

Referring to the drawings, A represents the improved sky-rocket and aeroplane, consisting of the tubular portion-10, provided with a conical cap 11, the said tubular portion having a bursting charge at the point thereof, adapted to dlscharge stars or other fireballs when the device has reached its highest point of flight. I

This tubular portion 10 also contains an inflammable composition designedto be ignited by the fuse 12 and thereby generate the propelling gas.

Operatively connected to the tubular portion 10 is a strip of wood 13 or like material which extends beyond the rear end of the tubular portion being provided at the forward end with a plane 14. formed with the desired curvature and having painted on the said plane the national colors of the country in which the device is being used. This lends to the completed device a patriotic appearance.

The rear of the strip 13 is provided with upper face and intermediate of its length with an angularly disposed vane 16, which will give to the plane when in motion the desired curvature of flight.

The strip 13 may be glued or otherwise secured to the tube 10, and is provided with a pair of legs 17 formed of wire which is preferably attached to the front plane 14: and is coiled around the tubular member 10, the legs then being bent curvilinearly and splayed so that the device can be readily placed on the ground in position for firing.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 3, a second plane 18 is mounted on the rear end of the tubular portion 10 so converting the aeroplane from the monoplane type toa biplane.

The planes 14 and 18 may be tipped with a slow burning compound which is fused to the tubular portion 10 so that when the de- Ei'ce is in flight the planes are outlined with In using this device, the fuse 12 is ignited, and the propelling gas generated in the tubular portion 10 gives the desired force of forward motion, and the wind pressure on the several planes causes the device to rise in the air in the desired flight.

By arranging the vertical vane 16 angularly to the tubular portion 10 a parabolic or like curvature is given to the device and this curvature may be altered by arranging the vertical vein in any desired manner, such as by offsetting the ends.

The legs 17 act as runners in the setting off of-the device, and it will be understood that these logs may be provided with wheels or floats if such is found desirable.

The several portions of the device may be constructed of alight material such as pasteboard or the like, depending on the cheap ness of construction or workmanship, while the planes and tubular body portion may be colored in any ornamental design.

- From this description it will be seen that I have invented a combined rocket and aero' plane capable of beingused as a firework, and having all the splendor of illumination characteristic in both these devices.

- As many changes could be made in the Patented 0ct.8, 19 18.

' a transversely extending tail 15 provided on above construction, and many apparently Widely different embodiments of my invention, Within the scopc of the claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above specification and accompanying drawings, will be interpreted as illustrative, and not in a limiting sense.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A sky-rocket having a tail and a vertical plane on the tail angularly disposed to the body of the rocket.

2. A sky-rocket having a plane member carried thereby and a pair of supporting legs embracing the sky-rocket and operatively connected to the plane.

3. A sky-rocket comprising a tubular member, a strip material extending rear- Wardly of the tubular member, a plane on the front of the said strip, a rudder on the rear of the strip and a plane at the rear of the tubular member.

.h II(11Wi tI1eSS whereof I have hereunto set my WILLIAM SEYMOUR MINERS. 

